Baldur’s Gate 3 player warns others after vital Orin mistake

One Baldur’s Gate 3 fan learned the hard way that a mistake regarding Orin can be detrimental and has warned other players against following in their footsteps.

To explore every possible story track, Baldur’s Gate 3 players have run through the game several times. Some may even begin to think that past playthroughs make certain decisions a walk in the park.

That doesn’t seem to be the case, though. At least that’s what one fan realized upon revisiting the ‘Save Orin’s Victims’ quest in a second playthrough.

Their prior knowledge about the Orin arc encouraged them to explore a familiar route that resulted in unexpected and unfortunate consequences.

Baldur’s Gate 3 players warn against horrible Orin mistake

On their second run of BG3’s third act, a Reddit user encountered quite the surprise during the ‘Save Orin’s Victims’ mission. They noted that because Lae’zel wasn’t around in their first playthrough, they witnessed Orin disguising herself as a child in need named Yenna.

Despite having Lae’zel on board the second time around, the Redditor let their previous experience with Orin’s machinations guide their decisions. So when the former threatened Yenna’s life, the player said, “…I basically encouraged Lae’zel to cut her throat because ‘Yeah, she’s right, that IS a fake Yenna and she needs to be killed.'”

They couldn’t have been more wrong. “That was the real Yenna, whose death I actively encouraged, while Lae’zel, who I thought was real, has been kidnapped.”

Let this be a warning to all Baldur’s Gate 3 players – don’t underestimate Orin under any circumstances. One person in the Reddit thread joked, “The game literally punished you for meta gaming lmaooo.”

Someone else chimed in to say that they’ve played BG3 several times and have yet to see Yenna in peril. “I’m in my 5th playthrough, and Yenna has never been kidnapped,” they wrote. At least this particular user now knows what not to do should their next run take a different course.

Others noted that such an outcome is hardly a surprise because they’re constantly finding something new. One such comment reads, “Over a thousand hours in, still discovering new things.”

Players will likely continue to uncover unexpected possibilities as time goes on.